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A local leader in Menteng, Central Jakarta, has used a mushola (prayer room) to calm tensions between residents of neighboring districts, reminding them to not taint the Idul Adha day of sacrifice, which will fall on Wednesday.

The latest in a series of brawls broke out between residents of Menteng Tenggulun and Pasar Rumput on Monday night, with rocks and firecrackers being thrown in the Pasar Rumput area in Manggarai, South Jakarta. Some people were armed with bamboo spears and blades in the brawl, as reported by tribunnews.com.

Jl. Sultan Agung was temporarily closed and roads around the area were congested as a result of the fighting. Police officers fired tear gas to bring the mobs under control.

Menteng subdistrict chief Agus Sulaeman called on the residents to stop the brawling through a loudspeaker at a mushola on Jl. Sukabumi, as seen in footage tweeted by the official Twitter account of the Jakarta Police's Traffic Management Center (TMC) on Monday.